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past elections

Colorado Senate

Tom Strickland (D) vs Wayne A. Allard (R)

Actual result
R+4.9
Final polls said
R+0.6
14 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
Winner
Rep

"Final polls said" averages polls from the last ~3 weeks — the call right before the vote, and how pollsters are rated. The model's prediction is walk-forward (trained only on earlier races).

Final rankings

How everyone who called this race did, ranked — VotePredictor shown inline (★).

Pollsters — each pollster's final poll vs the result

#PollsterFinal callMissCalled
1SurveyUSAR+4.00.9
2Tarrance GroupR+6.01.1
3Hill Research ConsultantsR+6.01.1
4GallupR+2.02.9
5Garin-Hart-Yang Research GroupR+2.02.9
6Ciruli AssociatesD+4.08.9
7Drake Research & Strategy, Inc.D+4.08.9
8Zogby AnalyticsD+5.09.9

Polls (20)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Zogby Analytics2002-11-03507D+5.010
Tarrance Group2002-11-03400R+6.01
Zogby Analytics2002-11-01679D+7.012
Gallup2002-11-01619R+2.03
SurveyUSA2002-11-01739R+4.01
Hill Research Consultants2002-11-01400R+6.01
Ciruli Associates2002-10-31679D+4.09
Ciruli Associates2002-10-31400D+1.06
Drake Research & Strategy, Inc.2002-10-30500D+4.09
Ciruli Associates2002-10-27400R+2.03
Drake Research & Strategy, Inc.2002-10-26500EVEN5
Drake Research & Strategy, Inc.2002-10-23500D+1.06
Ciruli Associates2002-10-23400R+8.03
SurveyUSA2002-10-22739R+2.03
Ciruli Associates2002-10-11500R+3.02
Zogby Analytics2002-10-10500D+1.06
SurveyUSA2002-10-08679R+9.04
Drake Research & Strategy, Inc.2002-10-06679R+4.01
Zogby Analytics2002-09-17500EVEN5
Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group2002-09-07602R+2.03